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Wholesale Available ISSUE1 + VOLUME 2 SHINDY THE ADVENTURER + Pars Malet Soid resin Scuiplor John Dennett East Lansdowme, PA 19060 From Jat Dennets propossd “uf Squat ne comes rind" an easy to assemble suner cefome! igure wih base, It fa ties an exceptionally dete indy cliching a mable-sizd idl o tht king of kings, Ei ‘though Ive sean unier ‘Aevacan super defoms, none can ‘comare to the amount of etl this ne has to ofr, Thrawin an equa ly cealecbese vith a goofy stone face and you've gota thei’ for arolckng kt adentue th ‘he emphasis on ceeloni painting sis. TW From the aays creative hend of Mr Jen Dennet come a clever teke-off of everyone's favorite thi seoke- Inna Jones! ‘Sindy Cpt ou har pied on ancient runs dutching tis exe tease, lushe bust ofan ancient King’ The figure bears the usual cso etal hat John is inown for thoughout the hoy, Asse ‘and cleanup a vitualynon-exi onli piece, you tesicaly ge him tothe base and stat panting- my kind oft fun tle peo, f your a fan ofthe characte o of supe clefos, highly recommend it DF TAARNA Height: 7°» Pats: 8 Mater Sold resn| Sculptor: Jin Fakes Cost: $46.95 85st Maker: Anubis Productions, 1920 E, The chracer of Tama has @ ive minds of at ‘of modelbuirs incur hob, and ne ok at er bus ll yaw Not that bust taking about bust fom Anubis Productions! si Fankes has sll rendered Teena wih avery cess upoar torso study that captures he fel of the characte, as wel as beng a ery good Heness. in my opinion, iis sone of his best pices. lespe- cl ked his handling of te ht akreck or sup very smooth rise pies that cast up There was vitually no work to caring this for panting other then aight sandng othe sam ine, I You ate into Taama, or git is for that mate, take alook a this one, think you wl bs imressed, DF characte’ cama poste, tis comps of two crispy cat panes, andthe sas a8°x3 1/2" pian, ‘et sland, Lite work secured for is assembly sot’ ideal suited for ‘rewcomers tothe bby. sim Fane's sulting i ean and efeotv in proecing Teama’s ang female presenoa. Highlights includ rice cal inthe heard ‘ace but the also a notceaie urdersng of the am androse. A sold purchase that dees a far exchange dolfor- dole. TW ‘EDISON FRANKENSTEIN Height: 12/8" » Pars: § Matra: Cold cas rs noneaded white metal and theatrical ht Scuipor: Wilam Paquet Cast: $85.0 ($5.00 s&h AIMIAZING FIGURE MODELER Makes, Monstrology Mais, P.O. Box 163, Spinged, NJ 07081 New fom Monstolagy comes a Fit that looks tack tothe very bein- fing ofthe Horror im gore, ‘Thomas Edison's Frrkenszn Tis beaut kt was erty souted by Wiliam Peouet end features ase for base and nameplate. Me Paguet’s werk keeps improving with ‘ech ni piece and this kt eerion sts hs uneorpromisiig tention to detal andlikeness, Two outstand ing fase to tis kt are the expressive hands and the exoalent Ineness ofthe fave, Dus to Mark Paul Stel’ fine casting you won't have any oculy assembling his model ey litle seam work or pty vas required onthe kt tra | but. For added data, write mela hands were provided ang wih a sation of crepe hai to ail reoeae the monster's uly stock off, Fom the seuting tothe casting to the aracive packaging, ths is one veal classy production, DF Monstoingy Model bound and cllerines to immo in sin long ist ser scren hoor charac ters ot hitroaimactance Soit goas wither second reese tom "The Forgotten Faces of Fea" series, Edison's Frenkenstn Superb cast na grey cod cast resin (Noe: Dave's review was based on xveate dscantued sight resn ony it fetes damn near pect pats that pug logeter ht witout the need of pins opty AMAZING FIGURE MODELER A aspects ofthis tee nek end neck in bing the overl high- Hight. The onl formidable task wth this pice i the enpcation of the- atical hai. Though itky, the efect iswel worth he efor, Dad's revi pretty wl nas this kt 901 end ine ty seconding his state ment ofan “overall dass produc ton TW MARY SHELLEY'S FRAMENSTEIN Height 10" « Paris -8 Nia “Sid ean Soulotor-lan Couter Cost - $78.00 ols 4 s&h) Maker - teat mages, 1237 Fort Hunter Roao, Senta, NY 12803 AlteatveInages' original ver sion ofthe Frankenstein Monster is arresting take ona tried and tue classic, The gue is exquistely cas in hie parts and fetures ‘me ar female connections al the cont break pains, oth ams. t makes fa eat eget end is further enriched wit an action pose and tight sculpting, The base clsplys the figure well but for me, lacked the namic punch that he fgue has, vera, Al's Frankenstein is indicative of two postive and encouraging trends that can be wt tin the garage kt que hey. Fis of, isthe oil design approach, Sauna an Coulter nas joined the gr ranks of ats ‘um us ul visions Soon, the production values seen here ee increesingy being sean throughout the hobby as pro- ‘ducers are developing tel sks in the neat of casting, Both of ‘these facts bode very wall fortis release and the garage kt market Inother words, suppor origina ils and you suppor the future ofthe hoy, TW from At Mary Shel’ con an orginal concept ofthe Frenkenstan Monster, Thisis one ter kt | realy ike the design anc pose, as well asa very striking base viich nance th characte. Soultor Dan Coulter has created an acting vation ofthe monster and tis hecket-up physique. Bulding this Kt was a brezze, with very tte work to do as far as clean-up, Te casings were 80 ery cleen. | realy ike tis kt. t's cone of those modi imagination can run paint jo. you ike hts that come ‘rom of the bealen path as do, 2k his one out, The it comesin avery attractive Aurora styl box, AL nal fis lass jb! DF ay ISSUE 1 « VOLUME 2 men short of ping in that ite ato et and pi jae cul to oer easy Tre arly regal | coud rarer upon toute tere tha moe iten aveage amount of pes othe surface which took a lot of me to put veal anther excelent nity fom Net i Tey OAM es Nathewots lensed rit of ps Q (Fares Fea *Pocly Honor’ rs ceryuhorsnanong ther ater 0 7 | tatsinanmoi savin PATON. og the yay back to tersseud, : ; Trensjhari, Grated itis per, but 2s 1/6 scale fue hts go, isis ‘ne righteous release that as plenty of CDC apged. Sauptr Paul Korods as made arame forse garage kt ns, Take one oka he etalon tis tt and wil Le you as to why he's os hotest ne talents ou hobby tas to ofl. His work on Franky out, neon, nd kere ee dose to dead-on, Pus the beseis @siple tut excelent merge of dsin and ‘ereaion For my pont of ew, sight cvesied ead is cert ard anor cy ofthe tne ate on cuter: Jamas Cha Cost: $85 pl Moker: Morshogenesis, P. O, Bax 328, Lenox Hl Staton, New York, NY 10021 Takabout puting together a men- stor of ak) Tisbaty's gts vi pats and 29 resin ores, linseted wping coun of 16 pins tothe by pouing peste int he upper compra the creture's Daft nota tor bess but foryou adhanced youn eipect. Alf rik Gol hey ot amet Crypt 122, M a, tatoo and scuperJames Cha Werron, NY. 10582 Cel, an pining cui) hat are Trai REO Vico all ve a for yar that su included, Whether yu no uty bychockngt lof irks ries, sed ro cre has ever dane ts res fgwres or crosses, tis Mt iSasurebet tobrng closet, TW ut of the ‘and soled homs. Anatoricaly i's off the head oo smal and hands (orang design, Those probs ‘sid, | was sl enressed wih the procucton values and orl pact, ‘speci wten you compare itto the Lunar lease, TW ‘You! you're ooking for kt tat vil keep you busy on those ny clays perhaps youl want to ake it's astounding’! Who better to rng ‘you the Transyvanian Transvest ten hese std cra Netra. Soup Paul (omoda, Dr, Frank-N-Furter bears a very good resambiance to Tn Cury andi paced wit cea In ogi ins he bast sop Ie seen loket They cupid ty Janes (Mr Konod procure. AS to thetic Chai Thisisnotakitforthefaint of ingle it was pretty stank Sse youn zz | AMAZING sicuRE ODER ee) lags which had paved k saw, When joined y wel appeal to you because capes he basic look and essence ofthe character. Bu for those of you who are turned off by unrefined deta, be achise tis hast rom head to toa, Note: The fangs inside the mouth weren't caster wil ‘0 be modeled, To accomplish his, simply lay out smal tps of ng putty to harden, Then ity for beter es pergue them in glace with if youte @ Kong fan and pai of tweezers and sand dwn to mind puting a tle more sca with 400g ort into ak, you might want to. sandpaper. TW Sculpor: Mike Hil Cost: Avalable otra only Maker. G-Force, 6 Jot St. A, A 45, Acton, Ontario LT 2 From Mie Hill comes a new kit for Kong fans, The model kt fa tues Kong wrestling with pent on a smal jungle bas ‘thought the soulpng of th and base were ait sft on deta although he did capture the i doesn't hold ct but up cos The castings wore averea up due to deal that is only ‘walt, but there were some major blocked out and not refined. exc pve reining ont Fyou'e a Kong compas You asked for it, it’s finally here! ‘Whether you are a first-time modeler ora long term collector, ModelMania the video will provide you with valuable information for turning those model kits into show pieces! Modeling expert David Fisher takes you step by step through techniques for building viny! and resin figures. David explains materials, tools and color mixing on this high quality professional VHS video, Easy to follow demonstra tions for Drybrushing, Washes and an intoduction to Airbrushing realistic leshtones makes this tape an invaluable resource! Asan Ml added bonus, a video portfolio from David's private collection of models are included onthe tape for reference and entertainment! You gj don’t want to miss out on this exciting and informative vidgo! To order, send $24.95 plus $4.00 shipping and handling. $ Overseas orders $34.95 (U.S. Funds only payable to: Orbit Graphics P.O. Box 2008 Madison, TN 37116-2008 Please allow & weeks for personal checks to clear Lionel ©1993 Side Show Productions bees eee ee ISSUE 1 + VOLUME 2 ome of us say we've got models in our blood...but in the movie “Fantastic Voyage” (1966), the 20th Century Fox special effects department hadto createjust thatillusion; a minia- turized submarine Proteus traveling througha human bloodstream. TheProteusandDisney's _anddetalled pattem, biggest criticism t modelers usually theirfavorites; both desion came fromtheimagination of onemovieart cirector, the late Haroer Goff. Ss. Theprotatype or Before assembly, Isanded theirkt was made by JefF the hulls thoroughly with Flex Wargo, whoutiizedtheorig+ ‘Grit papertoremove small nalFoxblueprints. I's 16'in _bumpsandimperfectiens. | length, which makes it then cleaned up theresin 41/Bendscele, Thekitcon- partsoneby-one prior 1a sists of 34 vacuformand assembly, Oneengineniozle resinparts, pusashest of wasperfect butthe other Clearplastictocutoutforthe _ wesmolded sofarout of front windows. Theresin alignmentthat lcutitinhalf parts arefairiydlean. My along theseam witha rezor resin window frame was sawandluedit back togeth: badly warped, solcaled erinproper reaister Lunarandtheypromedy sent Thewindowsmustbe arepiacement, uedinplace fromthe inside Mybiggestpriseforthe —_ofthehullandthenmasked soc in syne Kitmust gototheaccurate -_ontheoutsidebeforethe hull vec rw AMAZING FU HoDEER Tre ote uperhl cafhetack (AMAZING FIGURE MODELER halves areassembled, The windows aretimeconsuming tofit, andcannotbegued vith white oueas theinstruc tionsrecommend, Thesightly curved window frames wil popthe clear plastic outward: usedsuper olesperingly t thecomersand center of frame, Maskthewire puguethe |F you tae the challenge, however it makes a fine model that looks just ie the "real thing upper andiowerhul together incase youacciderttaly poke outa window. Whatever's insideafter thehulls are sealed isinthereforever, Since Lunar doesn thave aninterior kit now, gluing the hullhalves togethermeans youwilhavetoripthem apart inthe future toadd one, Nota pleasantthought. Thebig windows really show how empty its inside, so took coupleof days and scretch- builtaninterioc of my own out rene, Paastructbeams andspareparts, Itis an approximation madefrom watching the movie~just enough tolaok goodfromthe windows, Themodelwould havebeen essiertobuildand modifyifithhad been designed witha removable upper deck. Gapffiling super luewas usedtoattach parts and fil seams. Itapadthehuls together andtheninched my way around with the glue, ‘working tokeep the alin: ment perfect. Attaching the dorsalfinis easier youpin andtest itbefore gluing, andpaintedthehatches Polly ‘SCoatiOrange. Intakesand rear windows werepainted black. Imadesmal ‘no-skia” ‘treadplates with squarescut fromsuperfinegrey-colored sandpapersheat. Lunar pro vides twobase pecesto sit themodelonif youbuiditwith landinglegs retracted, as ci, ‘At $129, the Proteusis not forthecasual model builder. It isdifficuitto assembleand requires faity advanced skils, IF you take the chal lenge, however, it makesa ‘fine model hat looks just ike the ‘real’ thing, Lunar Models, 106 Century Dr. lebume, TX 7603}. ISSUE 1 + VOLUME 2 ISSUE1 + vOLUME2 By avi Barker et me introduce to you the first officially licensed Godzilla model kits in America since the Aurora/Monogram kit of the 60s and 70s, Sparked by the great demand and interes in today’s versions of the big guy, as well as childhood memories, an American distribu: tor has secured the rights from Toho Ltd, tobring these Tokyo terrors to America e company is called Monstrosities and aptly so, Mr. John Carlson is the founder and head Godzilla wrangler. Within the last year he has Kaiyodo's line of 20 openedawholenew cm, vinyl Godzilla mon- venuetoU.S.model ster kits. kit builders and collec- The Godzilla kit tors by introducing being reviewed in this AIMAZING FIGURE MODELER rere je re oe rors osha tecas ares ted ooatis ese, installment is the 1992 version, "Batro Gozi Type.” This crazy sounding name comes from the factthat Godzilla fans refer-to the big guy by theyéar or film title he starred in, a practice which sometimes makes him sound more like a used carthana monster! Most of the Kaiyodo 20cm. kits are about 8" inheight. But this kit is much larger than the rest. It's still the same scale butin 1992, Godzilla's size was increased for the movie andthe kit's scale reflects this when completed. kit is about 3 13" tal The first improve- ment over most Japanese Kaiyodo kitsis that Monstrosities’ ver- sions have instruc- tions printed in English. This makes the kit much easier for first timers to com: plete. [have built many Godzilla kits and ec sis stam ct toiaback by mag ena the fins always give mea big headache, Ih this kit, the main fins are molded inrows.on akeyed {piece unit. This speeds upcon- struction and it makes it easier to putty around the fins and hide the seams. Anunusual aspect of this kitis that the upper body is keyed intothe lower tarso/leg unit. I've experienced many kit variations where only one leg is detached andthe otheris molded to the body. Ibelieve this step is the most difficult in We have designs on your business... 4 Creation of prototype models of spacecratt, vehicles, props, buildings, efc.— large or small 3 Complete graphic design and production —=— erbrochures, ads, boxes or instruction sheets: xi Professional service for clients large & small: CALLFOR —— 8M, GEOmetnic, Seagram's, Shape of Things, AQUOTEON Action Kis International, General Electric. Younnor A Zi Po jenmaas —\EESIAON. (602) 450.9177 7 TBEBIGNS 2205 Wociiogs Ave. Louisville, KY 40205, AMAZING FIGURE MODELER ISSUE 1 + VOLUME 2 the vinyl with e very hot water ora hairdryer. It is also helpful to remember toget the fins hot and pliable so they'llbe easier to insert into the keyed grooves on the back, Again, be sure to take your time, be careful with your kniffe and heat source, and test fit all of the parts several times before gluing. saned Te Monstrosities has eo nih published a catalog displaying all the kits they distribute. You may order directly from them at this address Monstrosities, P. O. Box 1024, North Baldwin, NY 11510. 0924, (516) 378-1338. IF you would like to contact David Barker, he can be reached at 118 Cloudcrest, Henderson, NV 89015. Include a setf-address ed, stamped envelope fora reply. i the construction of a Godzilla kit, Be sure to cut and fit the parts several times because these seams will make or br your kit. together easily and the arms and feet are keyed to avoid confu: sion. The bottoms of the feet contain recessesto allow for the molding process. After cutting the flash loose fromthe feet, you may wishto fill this area with putty to level them off. If you place thekitina diorama youcan skip thi edges, a good tipis to remember is to heat The official mascot of WONDERFEST is now a Garage Kit expertly sculpted for us by Academy Award winner CHRIS WALAS! Cleanly cast in resin and lead-free white metal, this 14-piece kit is 6 1/2' tall and comes with detailed instructions. It’s priced at only $59.95 plus $4 shipping. All profits go toward bringing special guests to the next WONDERFEST. & Send orders to: SFMS, c/o John Tyson, 3904 Bardstown Rd., Louisville, KY 40218. ~ Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. SE voune2 amazine rice noose ogi wid Fisher ) Janus Company eas Welcome to ModelMania! Occasionally you find yourself taking on a modeling project that presents a challenge to your abilities. Janus Company’s Man Of A Thousand Faces is such a project. | consider this kit a challenge because of the many details packed into choice: to. your ture, from the mind- approach to the si blowing make-up ki ject. For instance, you the four beautifully could paint the entire rendered faces kit to resemble a As far as assembly, oronze sculpture. You ismodelisa breeze, It could paint the three ures the superior busts to resemble casting that you've bronze metal- or how come to expect from about marble? The Janus. Cleanup a ke-up kit come assembly took very lit: tiny labels you can tle time. The ki on for the details, design allows you to or youcould paint them paint all the pieces indi- in. There are many cre vidually and then — ative options. assemble I decided to finish my putty wo by painting The their lifel how you AMAZING FURe WODEER ee! = vue ; @ Fil ES- a “Tales from the Crypt" = episode titled “TilDeath.” More than that, he’s one Interview by Lee Staton of the most avid (and rabid) @ ° supporters the garage kit field Chris Walasisone of the # could ever have. His first two “stars” of the makeup & spe- ‘i kits as asculptor are “The claleffects field. Hehas * Creature from the Black worked on films such as Lagoon" produced by Dark “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” Horse and “Nestor the “Dragonslayer," “Return of the Wondenfester’ forthe Jedi,” *Gremiins,” “Enemy Mine; Wonderfest Model & Toy Show and “The Fly" (for which he won in Louisville, KY. -) an Academy Award). Touring Chris Walas Inc. ge Ae ie (CWI) in Northern California duced the effects isareal treat. There are for “Fly Il,” and Gremlins everywhere, spi- Glrected) ders from “Arachnophobia” and other movie creatures literally hanging around. Chris's office contains B dozens of his model-sized sculpted prototypes of characters for movies and commercials. At home with his wife Gillian and daughters Zena and Dana, Chris's personal spaces are mini-museums for his huge toy play- set collection and Sober ages Be ISSUEOT = VOLUME? P a p FIGURE MODELER Lac sar pol te sndrepnensefon tefin eye! ‘the Marx playsets that | had already started falling in love with. To mea Marx playset was: the ultimate toy in tt e.8 world. We had a hu Chris is “one of ir: patchin the corne ur back yardin Chicago and, oh boy at dirt wound up being more plastic than dirt by i the time we left. We (and rabid) would always build little cities, and dugouts, pill- supporters the _ boxesintheback yard. We'd blow ‘em up and ‘ burn ‘em, whatever garage kit field stuekidsbad kids—got into | guess. could ever That's an almost uni- versal experience for people in have.” ouirage group, the most avid ae az: second Kisco be le You know, it's amazing, Iwas on a movie working on effects where we had to start some of the set dressing on fire andit started dripping. And! said “That's exactly the sound those little plastic army men used to make.” And about three guys in the crew said, eqns 2 ‘Yeah, that's exactly it isn'tit. Especially the blue guys. The blue pias- tic made thebest noise when it dripped—did ya ever dripit into a bucket of water, that's when it makes that really neat exper ‘ence, AMAZING FIGURE MODELER tase on a0 fn fais This petcular charter is ‘oot, an ebb een Cenp's afi det When we were working on “The Fly’ in Toronto they set us upto stay in arented house out in the middle of nowhere. This particular studio we shot AMAZING FIGURE MODELER A stato, hard puppet sat rom Dragan Sle at was an hour's drive outside of Toronto andit was just farmland or wood! crazy pre| because weever saw were the studio and this house, So.we finally got one day off, We ran into a small town and what did we buy? We bought some playsets. So from then on that was the setup of the show. Every day we'd come home just dead beat. We wouldn't collapse immediately, we'd pull out the play setsand get revenge on the day by shooting down all the knights and Fulswetocad en oops Sie Gonorerdpre.tohton feared ‘en castles. It allows your mind not to take life too seriously, What was your first exposure to the garage kit field? Sometime in the early ‘80's Dohei Miyawaki of Kaiyodo came over from Japan. | was introduced to him on one of his vis- its andhe and | got along tremendously well We've become fast |remem Kaiyodo ing out doing dinosaurs at thetime. There was an exhibit in Japan that one of the large depart. ment stores was putting onabout special effects (which | was invited to attend), And! learr that (movie colle! Bob Burns was bringing some stuff over as well and that he and | were going to be on the flight together. As | recall |had never job until that “Chris has an approachable down-to-earth personality coupled with an outstanding out-of-this- world talent...” ISSUE Dt + VOLUME 2 “To me a Marx playset was the ultimate toy inthe world.” -Chris Walas ISSUE 0» VOLUME 2 flight. OF course, [knew who he was-it seemed like every person knew in the motion pic- ture business knew Bob Burns except me, so felt like sort of an outsider. But we got on theplane and we were sort of profession- ally polite and happy to meet each other and all the rest of that. And then, somehow —I can't remember who brought itup—it came out that we were both Marx olay set collectors, Well that plane flight suddenly got awfully short. It was about a 10 or 12 hour flight and it just flew by. We laughed so hard | think everybody on the plane wanted to takea club and put us out of their misery. Before we went to Japan Bob and | knew of garage kits. We assumed at the time that, gosh, there must be 12 or 13 ofthese guys making kits. Well we got to Wonder Festival (it was only the second one) and it was like Grand Central Station. This wasina huge convention room that was absolutely jam packed with original garage kits: lots of ani- mation stuff and some science fiction stuff. It was an amazing, fantas tic surorise. Like open: ing up another dimen- sion of existence, Bob and | were dumfounded, wandering around hold- ing up our arms going, “| can't believe it, | can't believeit." We wanted everything, We got along unbelievably well and had an incredibly wonderful time in Japan. And in the course of those 2 or 3 days cemented a friendship that | know will last a lifetime, And in many ways that has fueled the competition for play- set collecting as well. The first garage kits | saw were subjects I'd always wanted as a kid, like Robby the Robot or the Cyclops—it was such a surprise that you could now have exact replicas of these characters! That is the exact feel- ing like, “Here's all the stuff lever really want- ed.” When | was kid | always imagined grow- ing up to be a toymaker because I couldn't imag- ine more fun than mak- ing toys except making movies—thank good: Chicago iy of stad Ste sktun fo "Gann Deze el rope) ith lates ope tle ‘rm Enemy bine" andere xk ness for naivete, It was that immediate trans- portation to being back into the mind of a child and going, “Yeah, | wanted that—and there itis, rightin front of me!" Some of them were really amazing And obviously still are A rewarding thing to watch during the history of garage kits is the amazing increase in qua ity, especially here in the States. AMAZING FIGURE MODELER Two oe Hove Wood. tnd aie oh ve dca. Adin fom te Is cure devsogrg, Stee asso, has undone eon, limagine it was a spe- cial thrill when Kaiyodo made model kits of the characters you'd designed for the movies, You know, that wasa really strange feeling. tt was interesting as @jux- taposition against the experience of “Gremiins' where there was mass marketing of the designs, AMAZING FIGURE MODELER (hs i ofa fi pp. was dog skull mad ct of oa tex for Sohow would you rate the accuracy of the Japer and American gare thathave been ba: igns? lonlysaw'thesmalier Kaiyodo "Fly" whi being sculoted. twas alittle tooinsectlikeat thetime, but believe they took cere ofthat. They did alargerone thatlookedmoreaccurate andmay have beenbased onthe original maquette; at least that's whatthe photos looked lke. Irealyikedtheir “*Drac’ kit quitea bit, There are minor discrepancies, but they really caught the fealot the orginal, Thecostume and poseseemedtobe very accurate. OFthe American, kits, lke James Chai's “Fly I'thebest. Againit'snot exact but captures the pro- portions and feeloftherea! thing. k'shard formenatto becritical on these kts. These quysare sculpting fromlimitedinfo while 've held the real thingin my hand, sol've got togive them lot of credit forget: tingas close to thereal thingasthey do. ’'sareal Kick to Seesomeoneelse doing my designs! Speeking of which, are there any ther ones that you'd like to see produced? Idlovetosee someone try to dothe exploding head from Scanners." That'd agreat paper weight! Althoushit Phil Tiooet's design and natmine, I'd aiso lov good model Vermithrax Dr Ken Ralston’sbaby drag- ons from ‘Dragonslayer.” Prop Greninskl was used forte scene “Genre” wkrs Stipe mas inte outa, Whatisitabout gar Inat's it about garage kits “_.we’d pull thatappeals to you mast? The thing that | love about garage kits is that out the the subjects chosen are chosen out of caring playsets and Out of memories or just the love of the subject matter, the specific get revenge on design or themovie or comic or whatever the subject's drawn from the day by It's done usually by the artist because they real: ., \ylike that tring-not shooting down because they go, “Wow, this is gonna sell amit all the knights ion." But they really like them. I know a guy up in Vancouver, [Charie and castles.” Grant of ‘Monster Fun! ed.]," who's doing the “Giant Claw” and -Chris Walas *Reptilicus.” Fun stuff where you think, "I did: n'teven like that as a kid, but there was something about it, it does bring back those memories.” (With figure models) you're trying to capture a persona of something that really affected you. contusion page 30 Express Issue 1 + voLuME2 Over the last ten years, new figure kits out of Japan have always been a huge hit with modelers around the world. However, finding out about them ina timely manner has been another issue alto- gether. Itis to this end that “Amazing Figure Modeler" Magazine is very proud to introduce one of Japan's leading modeling correspon- dents, Osarnu Kishikawa and his new column “Orient Express, Ever since he built Aurora’s Creature kit back in 1967, Osamu has developed a deep- seeded love for all types of mode! kits. Somuch 50, that the 37-year old modeler, writer, and edi- tor, hasamassed a 1000+ collection that requires rental space to store it all! His writing career began in 1974 and con- tinues to this dey, with the Japanese kit maga- zine "Model Graphix." He has also written and translated a copious amount of Japanese books, video programs, and souvenir booklets ona variety of block- buster films like “Godzilla,” “Star Trek,” Se Pune ga: MH Gale M-ICHIGO Milchigo dominates new kit news with big (20° tall) release of special Godzilla vinyl kit, It was sculpted by best known Japanese sculptor, Uigi Sakai and includes 21 parts, Godzilla character is likeness from 1964 ‘Godkzilla vs The Thing.” Also, special feature for M-1 Godzilla kit is choice of normal vinyl (hard) version or special vinyl (soft) version for movie suit "feel." Soft version includes sponge insert for sup- port and display. Godzilla insides are also big news at M-1 New skeleton Godzilla AIMAZING FIGURE MODELER A HOBBY BOUNTIES mie 865 MOUNTBATTEN ROAD #02-91/92 KATONG SHOPPING CENTRE SINGAPORE 1543 TELEPHONE: SINGAPORE (65) 4401890 FAX: SINGAPORE (65) 3441782__ Amaquest Items are sent Post Free (A)Amaquest (vinyl) caricature T2 Amie @ US $27.20 (B) Amaguest (vinyl) caricature Amie (Taf Recall) @ Us $24.00 (©) Amaguest (resin) caricature Queen-Alien with Bishop @ Us $32.00 © Amaquest (vinyl) caricature Alien @ US $16.00 2 ARG i QR = 8 Aer int caistmeRotnenp us s60 © Amaquest (vinyl) caricature Godzilla @ US $16.00 © Amaquest (vinyl) caricature Freddy @ US $16.00 © Amaquest (vinyl) caricature Facehugger @ US $16.00 © Amaquest (vinyl) caricature Pinhead — @ US $16.00 5 © Amaquest (resin) caricature Chunky @ US $24.00 = © Amaquest (resin) caricature Leather-Face @ US $24.00 WR Kniss ° Ananes ‘on caricature Jason 13th @ US $2400 Other range include Amaquest (resin) caricature Rocketman: @ US $24.00 Amaguest Romulan Scoutship @ US$ 56.00, plus more Decals - 1/144 & 1/288 James Bond Moonraker decals Other sci-fi items from Comet Miniatures, Halcyon, Bandai, and 5 EQS aN ‘many of the Japanese manga kits, a well as horror vinyl kts. MMMMMAND Please send 4 IRCs for catalogue. Trade Enquiries Welcomed, ‘We aocept American Express, Mastercard & Visa, ISSUE 1 = VOLUME 2 kitis magnificent example of M-1's craftsmanship. Itis resin cast and includes 51 parts. Other Godzilla new release includes Gidrah resir kit by small company known as Pao. Thisis resin model kit with intricate detailings. This item is carried by M-i store in Japan, A\so available from M- 1is movie prop replica, of T-2 skull Waa make two versions of Predator movie mon- ster. First kitis 14 FIELD pieces and includes choice of two different ds. Thisis5 1/2 igure with base with rock. Second kit is 3 part clear, resin limited release of same Other news of excitementis announcement of small Japanese com pany, Field. They Predator figure (very cool), Field also release Terminator 2 Endoskeleton kit with base and gun. AMAZING FIGURE MODELER Jugosi in White Sombie e he Hunchback Clarke as the Sun Demon {era PTC Karloff & Pierce in (Make Cp (OCula gy Ohe Phantom at the Organ a eeEEEse On June 12, 1994, our man Osamu attended the "Super 1994, 6. 12. Fesiorcoreae BURNING IN 20 Tey snow THE RAINE Sponsored by Art Storm Co. Ltd. this gathering draws thousands of fans to what is considerea Tokyo's second largest garage kit show. 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DEATH. 656 10th Street $99.95 + Shipping Officially Licensed 1994 Ed Repka ‘Sculpted by Al Reboiro Dealer biscounts Lyndhurst, NJ 07071, U.S.A. | Availabe} (201) 945-4032 Inuire Ordering Instructions: Ploase add $5 ‘st kt, $2 each additional ki. Ki) wil be shipped UPS Ground Service Insured, Payment: US, Funds, Check o” Money Order Dealer Discounts Available Inguire Ordering Instructions: Please ads $5 1st kt, $2 each additional kit. Ki{e) will be shipped UPS Ground Service DARE TO COMPARE was Raquel Welch. A uty who became base anda boulder with a lizard were includ. ed, Note: If you view the jase very closely, you'll ridden humor chamois bik Lunar Mo find with the kit were ase of assembly, cl cestings, and good px ing. Unfortunately t ecatch is—it's aw produced piece but it inds up| 3 3 cn Mode 2 torelease their version the 5 3 following veer 5 ay 2 8 then it ISSUE + VOLUME 2 AIMAZING FIGURE MODELER Vision Model ‘Scoop Model rendered, theimpactis insevenparts fr, seems lost because the sculptor with a6" x3 improve” over-stylized the rock-covered base, The tures.) kit has since undergone visions, includ: inparts to addition Allof these kits are sanly cast in resin and sedno major hassies during tt ind most expen: hethree. it's 11 1 tall, has five parts, tnd 4, Itretails t paid), issue). The proportions a doesn't include a base New illhas plenty to nd. As forthe Scoop release, itisn’t rately detailed costu Overall, a beautiful piece, but remember, t sion (shown) fe a reworked fat available di ta few deslers did importit into the Sta i ings. On the down side, the feet small and the lik k aroun in mind, this kit origi soldin J y $140. Lair of the’ ‘White Worm ‘Sculpture by Ed Eilbacher Numbered, Limited Edition High Quality Resin Model Kit Includes: 8 Page Instruction book with photos and design sketches Full color box art Send check or money order for $120 + 5. s&h to Ed Eilbacher 3 Powelson Drive, Belle Mead, NJ 08502 908-281-5885 AMAZING GU MODEL aa TSE) = YOLIVE? “\..1 always imagined growing up to be a toymaker because I couldn’t imagine more fun... -Chris Walas ISSUE D1 + VOLUME? contred fom page 21 Like your "Creature from the Black Lagoon” sculpture, it's special because you actually did a freeze-frame of Ricou Browning (the man in the Creature suit) swim- ming so youcauld get the body languagejust right. A danger in doing sculp- tures is only getting what publicity materials are available which always tends to be stiffly posed stuff. This is one of the things that was exciting about the work that Keiyodo was doing years befor ‘Their dinosaurs action poses. One of my very favorite garage ki is their Tyrannosaurus. ‘that balances on one foot with its head swing- ing around. Speaking of dinosaur kits, you were personally involved in creating the ultimate dinosaur garage kits—full-sized anima- cn row L10 Jamas Subse, Ca Buna, Vir rt, aC (Bato ow Lt Kalu Okada and Nar Sige, tronic dinos for “Dino dinosaurs now) would Alive!” in Japan. be if | could do some. thing that was a little Oh boy, whatanexne- different and technical rience, That was, patina mors again, due to Dohei who was approached by the sponsors of the "Dina Alive!” project. Dohei has a standing in Japan of being ane of the foremost authori- ties on dinosaurs simply because of the qu of the kits. So they asked him to be a super- visor on the project. And he said "Well, we need something really advanced. And they said, Great.” | went through some scenarios to try and come up with sot thing that had a little more life tait. Sowe put the Tyrannosaurus ty on top of a fallen Triceratops who was calling out to its baby, who in turn was react ing in terror and fear. The drama of life! special here. I'll ask Chris Walas to do some I've never seen detailed thing for me." ltalked skin texture on any other toDohei andthe spon- animatronic creatures to soring committee and rival what your crew did. said the only reason] would really want to get involved in something like this (because there are so many companies that are producing Really the strength of it isnot just the sculptural detail but the character and the little unique items that we stuck in there. | think we were AMAZING FIGURE MODELER the first ones to actually ey've gotan extremely put speakers in the repid, smooth movement. mouths of the dinosaurs; was always disappoint ed by those pneumatic dinosaurs that had a speaker down in the rock at their feet. | wanted to come at least sugges- tively as close as possi Technically, | think that’s the greatest advance brought to them. We setup some quite stringent and ambi- tious parameters for the hydraulic system. that we ble tollife, So we put reflective surfacesatthe It Wasabsolutely terri- back of theeyeballs so _-f¥ing to see something that when you get your flash in When we had it in the parking lot and we had a “friends and family day’ it was just great to see the reac- tions, Particularly in the kids. As soon th: Tyrannosaurus roared emoving, Whatever we could pick out to mekethem something a little more unique, AMAZING FIGURE MODELER estes toe aby those kids flew through the air in the opposite direction terrified, The reaction was hilarious b screaming “I wanna go ho ann home!” The mot! were always saying *Okay we're gonna go home.” *No, no wait (pause) I don’t wanna gohome. |wanna watch the monsters some more.” When you create something that has that immediate, visceral impact you erally go beyond the imagination. That's not easily done and you know you've created a real memory when that happens. use they'd be d some big fa different a Miller Genuine ft commercial. The Miller job was fun for me because | got to do the designs and the sculpture. The only cis appointment | have was “A rewarding thing to watch during the his- tory of garage kits is the amazing increase in quality. -Chris Walas ISSUE G1 + VOLUME 2 “The thing I love about garage kits is that the subjects chosen are chosen out of caring.” -Chris Walas ISSUE 1 + VOLUME 2 that | couldn't make them really monstrous monsters, they hadto be sort of fun giant monsters. So they're caricatures of the mon- sters I loved as a kid, My favorite genre of movie as a kid had to be the giant monster, from wherever or when. Ithink most of the world knows by this point I'm quite a Godzilla fan and col tor. [ think that was one of the major movies that influenced me asa kid lalways tell the story of when | first saw it on "Shock Theater” in Chicago when my par: ents were out for the evening. The rest of the family was asleep except for my older brother and myself. | really didn’t want to watch Godzilla “cause they'd showed a clip from it and | thought it was too scary, My older brother sat on me in Front of the televi sion and made m watch it and then told me Godzilla was gonna come get me tonight! (Laughs) I'll never be able to repay him for that favor! What projects do you hope to do in the future’ If | could do absolutely anything in the world it would probably be just doing sculptures. You know, small characters and stuff like that. Designing and building models, which I love. But | think I'm going to of adventurous fantasy. trytofocusondirect- “The Time Machine" has. ing movies again. always been a film that Which I've sort of drift- just has sucha nice ed away fromfor.acou- quality to it, a human ple of years, because ——_ element toit, that Icer- of the dinosaurs and tainly haven't gatten some of the ot! much of a chance to work work with inthe busi- And yes, !'mhopingto ness. “The Fly" wasa be producing some lim. wonderful experience to ited-production play: beableto do horribly sets inthe future. I'm graphic, disgusting not sure right now makeup but have itbe ome of the sub- so emotionally driven ject matter will be rather than horrifically except for probably the — riven first one coming out It gives it a purpose and which willbe ascience a viability that simple fiction playset based monster movie doesn't. on Bob Burns’ charac. Believe me, not that | ter of *Major Mars.” don't like monster movies. I'dlove to be able to do something that | couldshow my Is there a certain type of movie you'd want to wee kids—to makea movie wouldlovetodofan- —_formy kids, Iguess. tasy films, Something Something that has a lot like “Seventh Voyageof of funtoitand has a lit- Sinbad’ or any real sort tle bitto say about life, /AMAZING FIGURE MODELER NAKED HEAD CUTTER FAD GUYVER by NIRASAWA $108 RG by TAKEVA S205 DY ioe 6312 E. SANTAANA Devi at oy SKULLRITE S78 Soaceypaly BE canrono. asst [o_NubuART a arate FOXY GIR, ‘ANAHEIM, CA $1807 anna Mata’ SOSH SERIES S05 Tek: (718-3007 Sam autre SOUTER BOR Fae mem meeortae* Rina onus BONNY (7ieet-307 [NOTE TO COLLECTORS. Several companies inthe US. a ling bad copies of hess Kite for al pri Don't get RIPPED OFFI Ifyou did not purchase the above kits fom us oF an authorized Monsters in Motion ze ‘al, you have probably been ten, Calls fran authorized vale tn your are I Terror eyo Space 08 Megadeth: Race Ste Fos patos os latcopy, plaice BSE Frm Cid rage “Batman,” “Alien 3," “Dracula,” “RoboCop 3," and “Jurassic Park.” Not being one to waste time, Osamu also sculpts garage kits. Most are limited resin releases but some have made it to the bio- time such as the sculp- tures he did for Tsukuda Hobby’s vinyl Catwoman and Penguin Commando kits. Stay tuned for addi- tional information from overseas, THE J CHILLER THEATRE EVERY SPRING AND FALL THE TOP MODEL KIT ECTORS AND DEALERS GET TOGETHER FOR THE TOP| GARAGE KIT CONVENTION IN NORTH AMERICA. DIMENSIONAL DESIC KIM E70, GEOMETRIC, LUNAR FOR MORE INFORMATION WRITE: CHILLER THEATRE / KEVIN CLEMENT PO BOX 23 HHORY FX, HARKER BROS. 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Subd) Me a aus 2 aac edteiteant veoh oboe foi et 93a ie pase Zama Tester ces: yaa ds, Ths idea poate teal ide pests bitte gh prada ats Nt, Seite pis ero ae smarty peo ‘Tsp cy dtp em ety aera: rgb (eth ate ek Net (MENAGERIE PRODUCTIONS Soe Xie A atten rey Du tet ‘Mister isp ccinae ‘ami ea eee steers reiel onary nt eae Ena, E ISSUE 1 + VOLUME 2 ISSUE 1 + VOLUME 2 counterparts. | also chose to paint all the make-up case details and then use some of the labels. A project like this takes lot of time, so my recommen: dation is to complete cone element at 2 time before moving on to the next, This way you won't burn yourself out or get in a hurry and rush the quality of your work. This is the kind of kit that will make @ great show- piece, so you want to take your time [began with the sec- tion | thought would take the most time: the make-up kit. The amount of detail is truly amazing! | began by spraying the pieces with a light gray primer, | then took a fine tip brush and painted all the ele- ments of the kit with black. like to do this to define the edges contents before | come back with the colors ‘or their details. With all the shapes and tex tures in the case, you can really get wrapped up inthis project! After painting the contents, added some of the labels to the boxes for detail. You could use the labels by them- selves and not paint all the parts, but | like see- ing the additional detail and color that the paint brings to the model The total time | spent onthe make-up kit was probably about five nda half hours The next step was it the busts. As | before, | decided t the faces as characters. This decision was more time consuming then if I put 8 bronze finish on them, but | wanted to see those beautiful sculptures by Jeff Yeagher brought to life! Painting the busts was great fun because I could concentrate on the faces and not have to worry about paint ing the bodies! | began the busts as well as Lon Chaney's face and ms by basecoating them with a medium fleshtone made from Raw Siena (a llow/brown), Burnt Siena (a red/brown) and white. | then dry- brushed lighter shades of fleshtone over the details. On the busts | took more creative rty by adding washes of color over the faces to give them a more unusual finish. Each bust took me about 3 hours to complete. The next stage was to render Chaney clothing. | painted his shirt with a warm light gray and drybrushed white over the folds of the fabric. | then paint- ed a conservative red tie. For Chaney's pants, I went for a dark blue pinstripe fabric. | began with a dark blue basecoat and dry- brush lighter shades of blue over the detail With a fine tip brush, | took a medium gray color (white would be too stark a contrast) and free handed the Pinstripes on his pants. The trick to something like this is to take your time and follow the flow of the fabric when placing the stripes, OF course pinstripes are optional but they are very AMAZING FIGURE MODELER effective. It took about two hours to do the stripes, and that includ: ed a couple of breathers. Again, if you find yourself getting tired, put down what your doing and come back to it later. You're not competing with anyone but yours For the crate | began with a liaht coat of the light aray primer, You could also use white primer. paint wood textures with washes of paint working from light to dark. This gives you the most realistic wood effact. | start by putting a wash of Raw Siena over the crate. The wash flaws into the deeper areas of the sculpture creating ECCT Le era al natural shading. After the first wash has dried, | add a darker wash made from Burnt Umber (a dark chocolate brown) around the edges and between the planks of Chaney is sitting on, Since this kit is so triking, | decided to downplay the base by painting it a matte black. This way all the visual interest is focused on the figure and the other ele ments. | painted the columns supporting the busts with a black mar- ble effect for the same reascn The great thing about this kit is that everyone can interpret t in their own way. | look forward to seeing o you have any quas: tions or comments for David write to: ModelMania P.O. 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